Do you just want recommendations on how to improve the documentation, or
would you rather have pull requests on github?
Cheers, Eric
On 3/6/2014 8:13 PM, Tom Leung wrote:
Everyone is welcome to contribute the recommendation, but don't expect the
developers will do your favorites first.
Anyway, your opinion may give an idea how to improve the documentation and
fulfill the user's expected features in the coming release.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Kolotyluk [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 2:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Getting Started
OK, I am finally able to build a small project. I resurrected one of my old
NPanday projects, used it as a template to create a new project, edited the
pom.xml and other important files, integrated things with SharpDevelop
<http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx>,
and I can build the same project with either Maven or SharpDevelop. Of
course there is no NPanday integration with SharpDevelop, but they seem to
co-exist in harmony.
This was still quite a manual process, that was only made easier because I
found an existing project to clone. It is disconcerting that:
1. There seems to be no easy way to create a project from the command
line using an archetype.
2. There seems to be no easy way to create a project from Visual C#
Express 2010 because I could not install the NPanday 1.5 plug-in
I certainly hope some of these pot-holes in the NPanday Roadmap will be
fixed when 1.5 is released. You get one chance to make a good first
impression, and this is an area the NPanday is lacking.
Cheers, Eric
On 3/5/2014 11:39 AM, Eric Kolotyluk wrote:
Still making no progress on this...
There seems to be the stuff I need in
https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/snapshots/org
/apache/npanday/maven-archetype-dotnet-simple/1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHO
T/
but when I try to configure my Nexus to point there, nothing gets
downloaded.
Repository ID: archiva-repository
Repository Name: Apache Archiva
Repository Type: proxy
Repository Policy: Release
Repository Format: maven2
Contained in groups:
Remote URL:
https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/snapshots/
Nexus claims it is in service, but when I go to the "Browse Remote"
tab, it lists some top level directories, however you cannot drill
down any further.
Next I tried copied the files directly to
C:\Users\Eric\.m2\repository\org\apache\npanday\dotnet-archetypes\mave
n-archetype-dotnet-simple\1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT
but Maven still cannot find it
The desired archetype does not exist
(npanday:maven-archetype-dotnet-simple:1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT)
I am getting pretty frustrated now, which is exactly why I gave up on
NPanday years ago. I cannot see this project getting past the
incubating stage if there is no will to "just make things work in a
reasonable way."
I am willing to work with people to help make this project better, in
particular the documentation, but first I have to actually see some
success.
Pretty much all of this pain could have been avoided if the
npanday-installer-1.5.0-incubating-20140227.115948-74.msi would have
installed the missing archetype in the local repository like the other
stuff it installed. An even better solutions would to put everything
in Maven Central as a release that can be found.
Sincerely, Eric
On 3/4/2014 3:23 PM, Eric Kolotyluk wrote:
OK, I can see the contents of
http://repository.aduna-software.org/maven2/ from my Nexus, but when
I search for "org.apache.npanday" or "maven-archetype-dotnet-simple"
nothing is found.
This would seem to explain why Maven is complaining:[ERROR] Failed to
execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate
(default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does
not exist
(npanday:maven-archetype-dotnet-simple:1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT) ->
[Help 1]
Brett, are you sure the archetype is in
http://repository.aduna-software.org/maven2/ ?
Anyone else, can you see it there?
Cheers, Eric
On 3/3/2014 6:22 PM, Eric Kolotyluk wrote:
On 3/3/2014 5:53 PM, Tom Leung wrote:
but that prints a list of 930 archetypes, and asks me to pick one.
Not
very user friendly, and when I enter "npanday" it does not find
anything.
try to make your own pom.xml, it is easy to create one from sketch.
It is not just about creating a pom.xml, but also about creating the
file system layout for the project. Doing everything manually
dramatically increases the possibility of defects, which is why we
use automated tools like Maven. Telling me to just create my own
pom.xml implies the NPanday is not stable enough to just work
properly like any other Maven feature.
Do you mean "from scratch" or does "from sketch" mean something else?
Want to configure your own nexus server for adding remote repository?
don't need to configure settings.xml, just try to add an "Proxy
Repository"
for " Aduna Software " on Nexus server admin console.
see the Nexus user guide for more information.
I did create a Proxy Repository for Aduna on my Nexus server, but it
does not seem to work. I have tried to configure it like other Proxy
Repositories (that do work), so I am not sure what the problem is
with this.
Again, all I can say is that clear, complete and "tested"
documentation would go a long way to make it easier for people to
get started with NPanday.
Cheers, Eric
Best Rgds,
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Kolotyluk [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 1:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Getting Started
See below...
On 3/1/2014 8:05 PM, Brett Porter wrote:
On 28 Feb 2014, at 3:01 am, Eric Kolotyluk
<[email protected]>
wrote:
D:\Users\Eric\Software\Project\Repositories\net\kolotyluk\windows
\ele
vate>mvn archetype:generate
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-dotnet-simple
-DarchetypeGroupId=npanday -DarchetypeVersion=[version]
I guess the guide wasn't clear that you need to substitute the
version in
here. It should be set to 1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT if you are
using the MSI. (It might work without specifying the version at
all, but I don't have my VM here to verify at the moment).
No, the guide is not very clear on many topics. In particular,
there are few things better than a concrete example, as prototypes
are often open to ambiguous interpretation. In general it is useful
to have both prototype examples, and concrete examples.
I tried using
mvn archetype:generate
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-dotnet-simple
-DarchetypeGroupId=npanday
but that prints a list of 930 archetypes, and asks me to pick
one. Not very user friendly, and when I enter "npanday" it does not
find anything.
Is there some other repository I need to configure in my Maven
settings?
Why aren't the necessary NPanday pieces in Maven Central?
They are in central, but only the last release is there, not any
snapshots. There are some additional artifacts required from
http://repository.aduna-software.org/maven2.
I tried configuring that remote repository into the settings.xml
file and my nexus server, but that does not seem to work. Here is
what I put in my settings.xml
<repository>
<releases>
<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
<id>info.aduna.mvn</id>
<name>Aduna Software</name>
<url>http://repository.aduna-software.org/maven2/</url>
</repository>
Is there something else I should be configuring there?
D:\Users\Eric\Software\Project\Repositories\net\kolotyluk\windows\e
levate>mv
n
archetype:generate
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-dotnet-simple
-DarchetypeGroupId=npanday
-DarchetypeVersion=1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1 [INFO]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
[INFO]
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @
standalone-pom >>> [INFO] [INFO] <<<
maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate
(default-cli) @ standalone-pom <<< [INFO] [INFO] ---
maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom
--- [INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode [WARNING]
Archetype not found in any catalog. Falling back to central
repository (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2).
[WARNING] Use -DarchetypeRepository=<your repository> if
archetype's repository is elsewhere.
Downloading:
http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/npanday/maven-arc
hetype-do
tnet-simple/1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading:
http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/npanday/maven-arc
hetype-do
tnet-simple/1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading:
http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/npanday/maven-arc
hetype-do
tnet-simple/1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT/maven-archetype-dotnet-simple
-1.5.0-in
cubating-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
[INFO] Total time: 4.573s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Mar 03 09:49:46 PST 2014 [INFO] Final Memory:
32M/1963M [INFO]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate
(default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does
not exist
(npanday:maven-archetype-dotnet-simple:1.5.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT)
-> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven
with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible
solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1]
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureExcepti
on
Cheers, Eric
- Brett
